Interesting Books
Red
Rising by Pierce Brown, review at Addicted
2 Heroines
Darrow
is a miner and a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society
of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he digs all day, believing that he and his
people are making the surface of the planet livable for future generations.
Darrow has never seen the sky. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that
his blood and sweat will one day result in a better future for his children.
But
Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity already
reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across
the planet. Darrow and Reds like him are nothing more than slaves to a decadent
ruling class. Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of
lost love, Darrow joins a resistance group in order to infiltrate the ruling
class and destroy society from within. He will stop at nothing to bring down
his enemies... even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
Steles
of the Sky by Elizabeth Bear, review
at A
Dribble of Ink
Re Temur, legitimate heir to his grandfather’s Khaganate, has
finally raised his banner and declared himself at war with his usurping uncle.
With his companions—the Wizard Samarkar, the Cho-tse Hrahima, and the silent
monk Brother Hsiung—he must make his way to Dragon Lake to gather in his army
of followers. But Temur’s enemies are not idle; the leader of the Nameless
Assassins, who has shattered the peace of the Steppe, has struck at Temur’s
uncle already. To the south, in the Rasan empire, plague rages. To the east,
the great city of Asmaracanda has burned, and the Uthman Caliph is deposed. All
the world seems to be on fire, and who knows if even the beloved son of the
Eternal Sky can save it?
I have
listed these titles in earlier SSS posts: check out my SSS
Books Page for links to more reviews:
The
Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu, review at Fantasy
Literature
Written
in Red by Anne Bishop, review at Under
the Covers
Articles
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